I have a Clarke 180en US welder and am having wire feed issues. It is a blue box welder and has 1-2-3 for power settings. When operating in 2 or 3 power the wire speed effective range is between 6 and 7.5. Even a small change makes a huge affect on the wire. If you go up in power setting the wire speed goes slower which I was under the impression is the opposite of what it is supposed to do.
On power 2 or 3 the wire doesnt even move under 6. If I remove the wire the wheel goes SUPER slow under six and will still stall at 3-4. The liner is clean and I am using the correct tip for my wire. The hub for the spool has been sanded and rotates without binding. This really seems to be a feed motor issue.
Ill be welding and it will be long arcing from too slow wire speed so I turn it half a number and then it is pushing my gun away from the wire speed being faster than it can weld with.
Any tips or is this how this welder is supposed to work.
(edited for wrong welder model)
On power 2 or 3 the wire doesnt even move under 6. If I remove the wire the wheel goes SUPER slow under six and will still stall at 3-4. The liner is clean and I am using the correct tip for my wire. The hub for the spool has been sanded and rotates without binding. This really seems to be a feed motor issue.
Ill be welding and it will be long arcing from too slow wire speed so I turn it half a number and then it is pushing my gun away from the wire speed being faster than it can weld with.
Any tips or is this how this welder is supposed to work.
(edited for wrong welder model)
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